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Articles in August 18, 2003 issue of Food & Drink Weekly

• FDA and SEC to crack down on companies that mislead consumers
• Sun-Rype Products Ltd
• Canada announces regulatory changes for beef trade
• Smithfield Foods Inc. said it would add to its leading hog and pork producing empire by acquiring most of Cumberland Gap Provision Co., a privately held processor of hickory smoked hams and sausages
• Lower food prices lead to small increase in July's producer price index
• Brown-Forman Corporation
• JPMorgan Partners , the private equity arm of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., and Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated announced that they have signed a definitive agreement
• U.S. and EU agree on agriculture trade reform
• Aramark
• Australian beer and wine company Foster's Group Ltd. said it will raise at least A$1.4 billion from the sale of its pubs, hotels and liquor shops
• U.S. wine consumption at highest level in 16 years
• Molson Inc
• Bush administration appoints expert panel to update dietary guidelines
• The court overseeing the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of Fleming has denied a request by Albertson's to be let out of supply contracts with the grocery distributor
• Goldsmith Agio Helms announced the completed sale of Farmland Industries, Inc.'s interest in Farmland National Beef Packing Company, L.P. to a group of investors led by U.S. Premium Beef Ltd
• Coca-Cola Co. has agreed to pay hamburger chain Burger King Corp. and its operators more than $20 million to settle a dispute over a rigged marketing test for Frozen Coke, according to a Burger King document